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Cardinal Pacelli prays at dead Pope's bedside. Cardinal Eugenis Pacelli, Papal Secretary of State, kneeling in prayer as Pope Pius XI lies in state in his simple bed at the Vatican in Rome. Cardinal Pacelli, who has assisted the Pope during te recent times of international tension, is governing the Roman Catholic Church until the election of a new Pope.

British Ambassador at Requiem for the Pope in Paris. The British Ambassador to Paris, Sir Eric Phipps, leaving Notre Dame after the Requiem.

New Pope broadcasts message of peace to the world. Pope Pius XII (centre, with hands clasped) in the procession from the Sistine Chapel after making his broadcast speech to the world. On either side are Noble Guards.

The Pope wearing his triple crown after coronation in Rome. Pope Pius XII wearing the triple crown as he clasps his hands in prayer after his coronation.

Pope Pius blesses Romans after liberation of Eternal City. Pope Pius XII makes his first appearance in public following the liberation of Rome by the Allies on June 4, 1944. One day after the freeing of Rome from the Germans, the Holy Father speaks from a balcony of the Basilica of Saint Peter overlooking Saint Peter's Square and blesses a crowd of several hundred thousand Romans massed to hear his ...

Pope l iles in state in St. Peter's. Clergy praying round the bier on which is the robed body of Pope Pius XI in St. Peter's, Rome, before it was taken to the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament for the public lying-in-state. Thousands of mourners have already passed before the bier.

Pope taken to St. Peter's for public lying-in-state. The Pope's body being carried in procession from the Sistine Chapel to St. Peter's. Noble Guards, Vatican dignitaries and clergy surround it.

Romans gather to hear Pope after liberation of Italian capital. Hundreds of thousands of Romans gather in the square in front of St. Peter's Cathedral to hear Pope Pius XII on June 5, 1944, the day after the Italian capital was liberated from German control by Allied troops. The Pontiff, who spoke from the balcony of St. Peter's (not shown) expressed gratitude that the Eternal City had been spared ...

Body of Pope taken from Sistine Chapel for public lying-in-state. The body of Pope Pius XI, borne by Noble Guards from the Sistine Chapel in the Vatican to the Chapel of the Holy Sacrament in St. Peter's for the public lying -in-state.